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Gelonus
(147 words)

(Γελωνός; Gelōnós).

[German version]

[1] Son of Heracles and the snake maiden Echidna

Son of Hercules and the snake maiden  Echidna, brother of Agathyrsus and of  Scythes, eponym of the Graeco-Scythian Geloni (Hdt. 4,10).

Scherf, Johannes (Tübingen)

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[2] City of the Butini

City of the Budini, mentioned only by Hdt. 4,108, according to the context of the highly contested passage, north of the Melanchlaeni on the upper Donec. Herodotus describes …

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Scherf, Johannes (Tübingen) and von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen), “Gelonus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 16 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e421100>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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